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Keyboard Errors, Do Not Report, Boot Sequence, Diskette First, Hard Disk Only, Sequence, Embedded

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Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button. This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting Do Not Report suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the computer. Boot Sequence can be set to Diskette First (the default) or to Hard Disk Only. The term boot refers to the system's start-up procedure. When turned on, the system "bootstraps" itself into an operational state by loading into memory a small program that, in turn, loads the necessary operating system. Boot Sequence tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load. NOTE: If a bootable CD-ROM is in the CD-ROM drive, the system will boot from the CD-ROM, ignoring any value in Boot Sequence. If there is no bootable CD-ROM, Boot Sequence will control whether the system boots from a diskette or a hard-disk drive. Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the drive, the system tries to boot first from the hard-disk drive (drive 0) and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. This option determines the order in which PCI devices are scanned by the system, and it allows you to select the built-in SCSI controller or an optional PCI expansioncard SCSI controller as the boot device. The settings are: Embedded Devices First Slots First (H/L) (the default) Slots First (L/H) Using the System Setup Program 4-7

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Using the System Setup Program
4-7
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Keyboard Errors
enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on
self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware
each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.
This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have
no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting
Do Not Report
sup-
presses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller
during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a
keyboard is attached to the computer.
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Boot Sequence
can be set to
Diskette First
(the default) or to
Hard Disk Only
.
The term
boot
refers to the system’s start-up procedure. When turned on, the
system “bootstraps” itself into an operational state by loading into memory a
small program that, in turn, loads the necessary operating system.
Boot
Sequence
tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load.
NOTE: If a bootable CD-ROM is in the CD-ROM drive, the system will boot from the
CD-ROM, ignoring any value in
Boot Sequence
. If there is no bootable CD-ROM,
Boot Sequence
will control whether the system boots from a diskette or a hard-disk
drive.
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Selecting
Diskette First
causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the
system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with
the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the
drive, the system tries to boot first from the hard-disk drive (drive 0) and then
from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.
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±
Selecting
Hard Disk Only
causes the system to attempt to boot first from the
hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order
found.
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This option determines the order in which PCI devices are scanned by the system,
and it allows you to select the built-in SCSI controller or an optional PCI expansion-
card SCSI controller as the boot device. The settings are:
²
Embedded Devices First
²
Slots First (H/L)
(the default)
²
Slots First (L/H)